A contribution to the study of Eumeninae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in South-Eastern Iran

Hamzavi, Fatemeh; Michael Carpenter, James; Li, Ting-jing

doi:10.52547/jibs.5.4.393

A contribution to the study of Eumeninae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in South-Eastern Iran

Document Type : Original Research

Authors

Fatemeh Hamzavi ¹

James Michael Carpenter ²

Ting-jing Li ³

¹ Department of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Higher Educational Complex of Saravan, Saravan, Iran

² Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA

³ Institute of Entomology & Molecular Biology, College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing 401331, China

10.52547/jibs.5.4.393

Abstract

In this study thirteen species of subfamily Eumeninae are recorded from the Sistan-o Baluchestan province (South East of Iran). Among the studied material, five species including Cyrtolabulus karachiensis Gusenleitner, 2006; Cyrtolabulus syriacus (Giordani Soika, 1968); Stenancistrocerus biblicus (Giordani Soika, 1952); Stenodynerus trotzinai (Morawitz, 1895) and Tachyancistrocerus quabosi Giordani Soika, 1979 are recorded for the first time from Iran. Stenancistrocerus biblicus also represents a new generic record for the faun of Iran.

Graphical Abstract

A contribution to the study of Eumeninae (Hymenoptera, Vespidae) in South-Eastern Iran

Keywords

Potter wasps

fauna

new records

Sistan-o Baluchestan

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